Ramallah (UNA/WAFA) – Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa chaired a meeting of the Ministerial Committee for Emergency Actions in his office in Ramallah on Tuesday, which included representatives of a number of ministries and government agencies working in the field of emergency response, to address the effects of the aggression on the Palestinian people, especially in the northern governorates of the West Bank..
The meeting discussed intensifying joint efforts to enhance relief interventions for the people in the northern West Bank governorates, which have been witnessing ongoing Israeli aggression for days, which has so far caused the displacement and migration of about 5 families in the Jenin and Tulkarm camps, in addition to the escalation of home demolitions and widespread destruction of infrastructure and citizens’ property, especially after the occupation’s aggression expanded to include the Far’a camp and the town of Tamoun..
During the meeting, the Department of Refugee Affairs was instructed to manage the temporary shelter file for displaced families in partnership with the Arab Funds, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, and the United Nations Development Program. At the same time, the committee will work to provide relief needs for the people in partnership with all national institutions, and to prepare the necessary resources to rehabilitate what was destroyed by the occupation..
The Prime Minister tasked the Ministry of Local Government, in coordination with municipalities and village councils, with facilitating access to water and electricity services for homeowners who hosted displaced families, and providing as much assistance as possible and taking their conditions into consideration.
The committee reviewed its interventions and ongoing preparations to enhance the steadfastness of the Palestinian people, including: the Ministry of Social Development sending 8 trucks of relief supplies and baby milk to Jenin and Tulkarm, and intensifying efforts to send more of them, and launching a broad campaign to provide relief to our people in the northern West Bank, in coordination with the Chambers of Commerce and other national institutions, while the Ministries of Local Government, Public Works, Housing, Transportation, and Civil Defense will work to assess the damage to the infrastructure and prepare the necessary resources to rehabilitate what the occupation destroyed, in addition to the efforts of the Ministry of National Economy in coordination with the private sector to contribute to supporting the steadfastness of the people, and assessing the damage to economic facilities..
The Water and Energy Authorities are working to provide the supplies needed to repair the water and electricity networks in the destroyed areas - as is the custom after every invasion - as both authorities are working to provide electricity transformers and their supplies, such as cables, poles, etc., in addition to providing the needs of the water and sewage networks..
The meeting was attended by: Head of the Refugee Affairs Department Ahmed Abu Holi, Minister of Local Government Sami Hijjawi, Minister of Social Development and Relief Samah Hamad, Minister of Transport Tariq Zu’arub, Minister of Public Works Ahed Bseiso, Minister of National Economy Mohammad Al-Amour, Head of the Water Authority Ziad Al-Mimi, Acting Minister of Energy Authority Ayman Ismail, Advisor to the Prime Minister for Arab Funds Nasser Qatami, Director General of the Local Government Development and Lending Fund Mohammad Al-Rumaihi, and Undersecretary of the Ministry of Local Government Raed Muqbil.
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